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Will Sanjay go to Yerawada jail?

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A day before the deadline for his surrender ended, the Supreme Court had on April 17 granted Dutt four weeks time to surrender before jail authorities to undergo 42 months remaining sentence in the case.

"Yerawada has most convicts. Nagpur also has a big jail and some can be kept there. The court will take a call if convicts file applications seeking to be kept in any particular jail near their homes," the source said.

Earlier, The Supreme Court dismissed the plea of Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt seeking review of its March 21 judgement upholding his conviction under the Arms Act and sentencing him to five years in jail in 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case.

A day before the deadline for his surrender ended, the Supreme Court had on April 17 granted Dutt four weeks time to surrender before jail authorities to undergo 42 months remaining sentence in the case.

The apex court had on March 21 upheld his conviction in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case which it said was organised by underworld don Dawood Ibrahim and others with the involvement of Pakistan's ISI. (BCCL/Rafiq Maqbool)

However, the apex court had reduced to five years the six-year jail-term awarded to him by a designated TADA court in 2006, ruling out his release on probation saying the "nature" of his offence was "serious". (BCCL/Rafiq Maqbool)